1) Colonnade 2) Colonnade around a courtyard 3) French word used in English 4) Garden feature 5) Row of columns 6) Type of garden
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In Hellenistic Greek and Roman architecture a peristyle (l; from Greek περίστυλος) is a columned porch or open colonnade in a building surrounding a court that may contain an internal garden. Tetrastoon (from Greek τετράστῳον, `four arcades`) is another name for this feature. In the Christian ecclesiastical architecture that.....
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literally, surrounded by columns; a term for a temple or other structure enclosed in a colonnade.
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range of columns around a building or courtyard
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• (n.) A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade.
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(from the article `domus`) ...subdivided around the perimeter into different spaces for conversation and relaxation; it was reached from the street through the prothyrum, an ... [3 related articles]
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In architecture, a range of columns surrounding a building or open courtyard. ...
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a row of columns surrounding a temple or courtyard.
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A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade. ... Origin: L. Peristylum, Gr,; about + a col...
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Per'i·style noun [ Latin
peristylum , Greek ..., ...; ... about + ... a column: confer French
péristyle .]
(Architecture) A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as...
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In architecture a peristyle is a range of columns with their entablature, etc. Specifically the term describes a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. The term is used in the former sense as a name given to the larger inner court of a Roman dwelling.
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n] - a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
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peristyle The screen of pillars surrounding a temple, forming colonnades along its sides. These colonnades are found on the exterior of buildings; such as, in the classical Greek temple, and also within the courtyard of a Hellenistic or Roman house. A peristyle court is a court with a roof around the sides supported by rows of columns and an open ...
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noun a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
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